Function
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development
Sub function
Nonclinical Safety
Category
Senior Scientist, Nonclinical Safety (ST6)
Location
Spring House / United States of America
Date posted
Apr 17 2025
Requisition number
R-006190
Work pattern
Fully Onsite
This job posting is anticipated to close on Jul 18 2025. We may however extend this time period, in which case the posting will remain available on www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.
Description
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

EDUCATION:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree with a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) certification by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is required
• A Master’s degree is preferred

PURPOSE:

The Clinical Pathology & Safety Biomarkers (CPSB), Pathobiology, Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety (PSTS), is seeking a highly motivated Senior Scientist/Medical Laboratory Scientist responsible for conduct of high-quality clinical pathology service in the CPSB laboratory. The CPSB laboratory is a team of medical laboratory and biomarker scientists responsible for delivering on the PSTS translational safety biomarker vision of end-to-end (efficacy-to-safety, Discovery through Post-Marketing) across all J&J modalities and therapeutic areas.
The Senior Scientist will be responsible for the day-day conduct in all aspects of Clinical Pathology Laboratory work (Hematology, Coagulation, Immunoassay, Clinical Chemistry, Urinalysis), working with multiple species’ samples to support the pipeline portfolio and explore novel and innovative approaches to safety assessment in drug development. The candidate will possess strong technical and scientific expertise in automated and manual laboratory techniques, is confident in tackling new challenges, shows initiative, and will thrive in a dynamic, multidisciplinary and collaborative environment. This role reports to the Translational Biomarker lead of the CPSB team.

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Providing technical & scientific expertise in the CPSB laboratory as an individual contributor in medical technology and clinical laboratory operation, working with relative independence, to drive the science through technical and scientific collaborative engagement with PSTS and customers across J&J
• Performing Hematology, Platelet function, Coagulation, Immunoassay, Clinical Chemistry, Urinalysis, and Blood Gas analyses to generate high quality data
• Implementing innovative clinical pathology-based approaches and techniques to solve issues of toxicological concern and mechanistic basis for human risk assessment
• Ensuring proper equipment maintenance, quality assurance, quality controls, data and data preparation for archiving
• Verifying, validating , conducting and troubleshooting robust, fit-for-purpose clinical pathology assays in multiple species including human samples with minimal direction
• Cross-training and contributing to other laboratory sections as needed that could include flow cytometry, immunoassays, molecular and cell-based in vitro assays
• Adhering to the principles of Good Laboratory/Clinical Practices (GLP/GCP), including compliant use of an electronic notebook system
• Interpreting and communicate data with an appropriate level of independence
• Reviewing data of colleagues with detailed rigor for data integrity compliance
• Adhering to company policies (i.e., Environmental Health and Safety) that ensure a safe laboratory workplace
• Collaborating and liaising with other J&J groups, external partners, and Contract Research Organizations (CROs) to manage the validation, and execution of clinical pathology assays